'Moon' and 'Fish Tank' Lead BIFA Nods

by William Goss Oct 28th 2009 // 3:48PM

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Awards, Mystery & Suspense, IFC, Sony Classics, Fantastic Fest, Oscar Watch

Fall brings with it awards season, and among our first round of nominations are those of the British Independent Film Awards. According to Empire, Andrea Arnold's acclaimed Fish Tank took the lead with eight, while Duncan Jones' similarly lauded Moon came up with seven, including one for lead actor Sam Rockwell.

I'm personally happy to see the savage political satire In the Loop getting due notice, especially its expletive-laden screenplay, since it'll likely go overlooked when it comes to Yank laurels (sad but true, although I'll be happy if it's not). Meanwhile, the multiple nods for An Education and Bright Star only parallel their warm reception Stateside and their likely contention in next year's Oscar race.

And after being quietly blown away by it at Fantastic Fest a few weeks back, I'm also glad to see Down Terrace get some love under the Raindance Award category. Enough of these awards, and maybe that puppy'll earn some distribution in our neck of the woods. (You listening, IFC?)

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Tags: abbie cornish, AbbieCornish, an education, andrea arnold, AndreaArnold, AnEducation, armando iannucci, ArmandoIannucci, bright star, BrightStar, carey mulligan, CareyMulligan, down terrace, DownTerrace, duncan jones, DuncanJones, fish tank, FishTank, in the loop, InTheLoop, michael fassbender, MichaelFassbender, moon, nick hornby, NickHornby, peter capaldi, PeterCapaldi, sam rockwell, SamRockwell

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10-29-2009 @ 9:01AM

Liber Ferreira said...

An interesting note about this film at:

http://www.artistinterviews.com/web/newsAndEvents/news.php

Lib

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